This is an analysis of the poem Specifics that begins with:
With hindsight not too distant.
Or that far removed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeXd Xcedbcaae XeedX cdeXeXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111110 11101 0010101010 011010010 011010100 11100100010101 110110101001 110 101110010 110100 0100100 01010101001 0100111101010 1110100101 101101010 11100100010100 101001 1110110 0110100110100 10010010101100 00100101 11001111100 01101011010 10010100 1011101011001 0101010100 110101010001001 101001011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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